[Empress Carlotta of Mexico, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Antique Photo Print
![[Empress Carlotta of Mexico, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], [between 1857 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6e/6e9a5b0ce0c0-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Empress Carlotta of Mexico, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Empress Carlotta of Mexico, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]
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A head-and-shoulders study of Carlota, the Belgian princess who became Empress of Mexico as the wife of Archduke Maximilian, this card is turned to the left and carries the imprint of Neurdein, a Paris studio. It was pasted into an album of portraits connected to Maximilian's reign, which began in 1864 after French military intervention in Mexico placed the Habsburg couple on the throne. Carte de visite portraits like this were sold widely in the 1860s and 1870s, so albums such as this one let viewers far from Mexico City follow the imperial court's faces. The record notes some doubt about whether the image is a photograph of an earlier print, which is worth keeping in mind when judging its detail and tone.
| Created / published | [between 1857 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount: albumen. |
| Genre | Cartes de visite 1850-1880.Portrait photographs 1850-1880.Albumen prints 1850-1880. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Hand printed on album: Foto taken in Paris. Printed on verso: Portraits historiques, Neurdein & Paris, 8 Rue des Filles St. Thomas. Paris. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 1, upper right. Photograph of a print? |
| Subjects | Carlota,--Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico,--1840-1927. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,278 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207114 |
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